Mount Vernon Seminary - Cupola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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hlancy Ann Dunn J [e!!a Elizabeth Gray This Yankee joins the rest of the Northerners in joking laughter as the fascinated rebels make their debuts on sleds, but there’s common inter- est in the Field House “activity. ” The new senior with the lovely long hair and the always “up to something” expression believes in fidelity . . . to an ejaculation, her argyles, and her man. Heavens, Jack says . . There is much more than we have said, but on this ground we dare not tread, for if too deep we should partake, an unmeant error we might make and bv our clumsv earthly prate, the finest part we might misstate. Yellow team; basketball varsity, IV; sports club, IV. One of those rare individuals who was born in Texas (bow low) and has no comment to make upon said territory, Nella became notorious for concocting brownies at dawn and bribing the guard to send them to the institution on the Severn. Nella is an established port. In Vir- ginia it’s U.Va., but in Washington there was seen (caught on a bumper) a certain Confederate flag. It now rests on the wall of Room 29. From such activities there must be some curi- osity as to her physical properties. She is a sup- porter of combustion . . . Oops pardon! She is an element who is easily recognized for her blue eyes, uncertain shades of hair, and Vogue-like look. Are you in need of a rhyme? Try Nella’s “Sonnets for any occasion.” Yellow team; prep players, III, IV; chapel III, IV; library council, IV; secretary of student body, IV. { 20

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Pamela M ary Dawson Dorothy Morns Doyle If someone were to tell you that she lived at 3434 34th Street, and that her phone number was . . . you guessed it! — 3434, you would probably blink and tell yourself you would outgrow it. Pop your eyes back in . . . the girl below is Miss “34”. Indeed, such a claim to fame must be matched by a personality, and it is. With her advent to M.V.S. last year, she amazed her col- leagues with prize-winning modern paintings and free verse. Ingenuity runs in her family, and Pam is certainly a salient example. Her clever covers on the Carousel portray her skill. How- ever, there is another side other than the aes- thetic. It takes another kind of talent to keep up with the restless ramblings of the class meet- ings. “Where are the minutes?” White team; art club, III; glee club, III; hockey varsity, III; class treasurer, III; class secretary, IV; chapel, IV; Cupola, IV. “Save your Confederate dollars boys; the South’s goin’ to rise again.” Dottie, a true rebel, is one of the individuals who keeps the expletive ”d . . . Yankee,” in fashion. This lively spark came to M.V.S. in her sopho- more year. She brought with her that famous “Dixielan” jazz and “Moon Over Miami.” As senior hall proctor she is beginning to wonder if she is losing her eyesight, what with the com- pletely overlooked (?) stuffed beds; but beds aren’t the only things missed, for where is Dottie for breakfast this morning? Looking for shoes again? This fickle blonde has been seen at various and sundry institutions of higher education, too numerous to discuss. Echoing down the halls: “I’m just crazy over him.” White team; prep players, II, III; riding club, II, III; Cupola, IV; social league representative, IV; house council, IV. 19 )

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Phyllis Herndon A loyal supporter of Abe Lincoln, the Republi- can Party, the Chicago Cubs, and the St. Louis Cardinals; and being accustomed to “feets and feets” of snow can only mean one thing: — Phil comes from Illinois, the Sucker State, and is one of the pillars of the school, in the full sense of the word. For where was Phil when a forbidden feast was in full swing? Morpheus claims her attentions at convenient times. Which just goes to show the advantages of a horizontal position. Taking a deep draught from the spring of re- sponsibility, her confidence attracts, her eye con- vinces, and her character achieves. Happy, and unselfish, either winning or losing, she likes her weekends long, her hair red, and chapel quiet. White team; gardening club, II; library council, II, III; glee club, III; house council, III; Optima, III, IV; chapel, III, IV, president of chapel com- mittee, IV; assistant business manager of Cupola, IV. M ary Alida Holman One of the faithful few of the pilgrims who risk their lives daily on the treacherous reaches of Foxhall Road for the questionable purpose of making a timely appearance inside the gates, Mary abandoned this group when said route was remodeled, and has taken up a more scintillating occupation elsewhere. This “elsewhere” is Ft. McNair, where else? We deem it quite a promo- tion from shanks mare to that most exclusive form of transportation — the Army bus. Such adventures and tales are related by means of her throaty voice. And again such adventures are fabricated about her! Just a couple of the outstanding facts about Mary: Trenchant humor, a lift of the eyebrow, and “all-that-glitters-is-not-gold” technique; all said to reduce the male gender to jello. sQuien sabe? White team; typing, IV. 21 )